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  • 1.  2 teachers in one classroom

    Posted 30 days ago

    If there are 2 toddler teachers that co-lead and one teacher uses amazing language and the other is mostly quiet- how do you score? Do you score them separately by doing 3 or 4 15 min cycles or do them together and 'average' each score? I just don't think the silent teacher should benefit from the other and vice versa.

    Thank you.



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    Aridania Rivera
    Middletown, DE
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  • 2.  RE: 2 teachers in one classroom

    Posted 29 days ago
    I think same as  think...Both the teacher should give thier best equally.





  • 3.  RE: 2 teachers in one classroom

    Posted 24 days ago

    Hello,

    I have been following this thread hoping someone from Teachstone will weigh in. 



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    Ana Maria Farkas
    Miami Lakes, FL
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  • 4.  RE: 2 teachers in one classroom

    Posted 24 days ago

    Yea thats tough. I definitely agree. I think being scored separately is the fairest way. Then as a whole as you are a team.



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    Juanna Wittenbach
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  • 5.  RE: 2 teachers in one classroom

    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous
    Posted 23 days ago
    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

    I am NOT from Teach Stone, but the answer in Page 10-11 of our Toddler CLASS Manual does offer the following: 

     "The vast majority of toddler settings will include more than one teacher, so an observer will need to weigh the teachers' behaviors according to the number of children with who they are working, the amount of time they spend with the children, and their responsibility for activities. 

    The CLASS dimensions are intended to reflect the effectiveness of interactions for all of the children in the setting or, in other words, the experience of a typical or average child in the setting. The dimensions do not target a single child or a single adult but instead are intended to capture the interactions available to all children in the setting.  When more than one adult is present in a setting, observers must be clear about how to weigh the contributions of each adult when the observer assigns scores on the CLASS dimensions. 

    Observers must use their judgement to decide how to balance their observation time and resulting codes.  Again, the primary principle to remember is that CLASS ratings should reflect the experiences of the typical or average child in the setting.  If children are working in small groups and a separate adult is leading each group, the observer should spend time watching each group and code the average of these experiences over the whole observation period, across the groups.  If the second adult is merely monitoring children in the group while another adult is leading, the codes should be based primarily on the behaviors of the adult leading the activity.  If the second adult has complete responsibility for children and activities for a period of time while the other adult prepares lunch or gathers materials, the observer should code according to what the second adult is doing."